Toughman Contest at the Richfield Coliseum, 1981

Photograph of the Toughman Contest at the Richfield Coliseum. Pictured left to right are Jeff Ritchie of North Olmsted, Ohio, and Wilbur Mitchell, of Barberton, Ohio. The controversial Toughman Contest was a competition for amateur fighters, usually local residents of the surrounding cities the fight was held in.

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Photograph of the Toughman Contest at the Richfield Coliseum. Pictured left to right are Jeff Ritchie of North Olmsted, Ohio, and Wilbur Mitchell, of Barberton, Ohio. The controversial Toughman Contest was a competition for amateur fighters, usually local residents of the surrounding cities the fight was held in.

This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.